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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

If No Pressure Prevents Pressure Ulcers, Does Negative Pressure Heal Them?

October 9, 2013
By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN So after I last wrote, I was to assist with a dressing change, as the resident is more relaxed with somebody having their focus on her and not also trying to do th...

Infection Management: Frequently Asked Questions

August 20, 2020
By Thomas E. Serena, MD, and Khristina Harrell, RN With apologies to Nietzsche: "What kills you makes you dead." The slow painful death of large and expensive in-person conferences has begun. Techn...

Is NPWT Enough? Three Products Commonly Combined with Negative Pressure

February 8, 2013
By Beth Hawkins Bradley RN, MN, CWON Finding the key to unlocking a non-healing chronic wound keeps us awake at night. Though we have, as bedside clinicians, learned much about the physiology and b...

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Reimbursement

October 31, 2021
Advanced therapeutic devices in wound care can be among your greatest tools for encouraging wound closure. However, it can be disappointing when you may have an advanced modality in mind, but it is de...

Pain and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

March 26, 2015
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN The Patient Assessment You've been asked to evaluate a patient for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). It turns out they're a pe...

Preventing Maceration Associated With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Dressings

July 26, 2012
By Beth Hawkins Bradley RN, MN, CWON I am frequently asked for solutions relating to maceration to periwound skin in wounds being treated with negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). As a clinician...

Resolve to Increase Patient Safety with NPWT

January 3, 2013
By Beth Hawkins Bradley RN, MN, CWON We just can’t resist New Year’s resolutions. This is the time of year when we reflect back on aspects of the year that is ending, and determine to do some thing...

The Role of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Healing Wounds

February 19, 2016
By Bruce E. Ruben MD Little has been shown by specific randomized controlled trials to effectively speed the healing of a non-healing wound. Biologically, the human body is capable of healing once ...
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